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US 6,675,580 B2Granted
PV/thermal solar power assembly
AssigneePowerLight Corporation
InventorsJeffrey H. Ansley, Jonathan D. Botkin, Thomas L. Dinwoodie
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Abstract
A flexible solar power assembly (2) includes a flexible photovoltaic device (16) attached to a flexible thermal solar collector (4). The solar power assembly can be rolled up for transport and then unrolled for installation on a surface, such as the roof (20, 25) or side wall of a building or other structure, by use of adhesive and/or other types of fasteners (23).
Claims10
A solar power assembly comprising:
- a flexible thermal solar collector;
- and
- a photovoltaic (PV) device mounted to the thermal solar collector to create a solar power assembly.
A solar power assembly comprising:
- a flexible thermal solar collector comprising a plurality of fluid passageways;
- a flexible photovoltaic (PV) device laminate, mounted to the thermal solar collector to create a solar power assembly having sufficient flexibility to be transported in a roll to a use site, unrolled and attached to a support at the use site;
- the flexible PV device laminate comprising a flexible substrate carrying a plurality of interconnected PV devices;
- the solar power assembly being sufficiently flexible to be transported in a roll having a minimum diameter of about 60 cm or smaller.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.